In the developed world, average life expectancy is increasing. What problems will this cause for individuals and society? Suggest some measures that could be taken to reduce the impact of ageing populations.
In developed countries, people are living longer than ever. In this essay I will discuss some of the challenges this brings and propose ways in which the consequences of a rise in the number of older citizens can be mitigated.
While the addition of a decade or more onto our lives can be wonderful, there are inevitably challenges that will arise for the individual. One of these is the onset of debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer and diabetes. These diseases not only make it difficult to continue to enjoy a normal life but also put a great strain on other members of the family who may have to bear much of the burden of care financially and/or physically. Another issue is the financial strain the elderly themselves can be under. If they retired at the age of 65 but live beyond 90, they may well find that their savings run out and they become either destitute or reliant on state or family care.
Clearly, society as a whole is impacted as well. As an increasing proportion of a country’s resources end up being dedicated to the care of the elderly, much needed funds are taken away from other areas of society such as schooling and security. In the UK, for example, the budget for aged care has risen by millions of pounds, though it is still not enough to provide adequate care for pensioners. Meanwhile, schools and law enforcement have had their budgets slashed, to the detriment of education standards and public safety.
In order to adapt to this new reality, several steps can be taken. The most obvious one would be to increase the age of retirement. Rather than force people to give up work at 65, which could eventually place them in dire financial circumstances, healthy individuals should be encouraged to continue working longer. This would mean more taxes paid, and less money flowing out into pensions. A second simple measure would be to prioritize preventative healthcare. In other words, rather than wait for aged people to develop illnesses, the government should subsidize exercise programs, nutrition classes, and even fund practitioners to conduct home visits in order to keep elderly people active members of society for longer.
In conclusion, we can see clearly that both individuals and society are struggling to find a way to deal with increasing life expectancy. Increasing the retirement age and providing early health services are just two ways the authorities can work to reduce
the pressure of ageing populations.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...than ever. In this essay I will discuss some of the challenges this brings and propose ways...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, second, so, still, well, while, for example, in conclusion, such as, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 7.85571142285 204% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 17.0 10.4138276553 163% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 61.0 41.998997996 145% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2059.0 1615.20841683 127% => OK
No of words: 416.0 315.596192385 132% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94951923077 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51620172871 4.20363070211 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74358681835 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 246.0 176.041082164 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.591346153846 0.561755894193 105% => OK
syllable_count: 655.2 506.74238477 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.7267554665 49.4020404114 121% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.368421053 106.682146367 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.8947368421 20.7667163134 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.42105263158 7.06120827912 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.38176352705 137% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.25738224587 0.244688304435 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0708642507117 0.084324248473 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0416945999056 0.0667982634062 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.119671765388 0.151304729494 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0421150858758 0.056905535591 74% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.0946893788 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.43 12.4159519038 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.89 8.58950901804 103% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 78.4519038076 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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